Cathy Polinsky
InvestorInvestor at Operator Collective
San Mateo, California
Writes $500K – $1.5M checks · typically $1M
Experience
- SemgrepCo-CTO and SVP of Engineeringcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DataGrailBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DataGrailChief Technology Officer2022 — 2025
- The Nueva SchoolHead Swimming and Diving Coachcurrent2024 — presentSan Mateo, California, United States
- Operator CollectiveLPcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AetionBoard Director2020 — 2025
- ShopifyVP of Engineering2021 — 2022
- Stitch FixCTO2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- salesforce.comSVP/VP of Engineering, Enterprise Search2014 — 2016
- salesforce.comVP of Engineering, work.com2013 — 2014
- salesforce.comSr. Director of Software Development, Platform Engineering2009 — 2013
- Yahoo!Sr. Engineering Manager2005 — 2009
- OracleSenior Software Engineer2004 — 2005
- BizGenicsSoftware Engineer2001 — 2003
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer1999 — 2001
- Cendant Internet EngineeringSoftware Developer1998
Education
- Swarthmore CollegeBA, Computer Science
Skills & more
Enterprise Software5Salesforce.comSaaS13Java5Databases3Perl7REST4Hadoop3Software as a Service (SaaS)2Representational State Transfer (REST)1Linux1Search
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Board LevelBoard of DirectorsData AnalysisAthlete DevelopmentLifeguardingScalabilityDistributed SystemsAgile MethodologiesCloud ComputingScrumSoftware EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentFrom Cathy's professional profile.
Colleagues at Operator Collective
Allison Barr Allen
Investor at Operator Collective
Anna Jacobson
Partner & Chief AI Enablement Officer at Operator Collective
Anu Bharadwaj
President, Atlassian at Operator Collective
Caroline Caswell
Marketing Partner at Operator Collective
Claire Hughes Johnson
Corporate Officer, Stripe at Operator Collective
Dan Scheinman
Board Director: Zoom, Arista, Sentinel One at Operator Collective
Dana Marohn Spiliotis
Partner at Operator Collective
Elena Gomez
President & CFO, Toast at Operator Collective
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Cathy Polinsky work?
- Cathy Polinsky is at Operator Collective.
- What check size does Cathy Polinsky write?
- Cathy Polinsky typically writes checks of $500K – $1.5M.
Same school
Also attended Swarthmore College37
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Shared employers
Also worked at Semgrep4
Also worked at DataGrail3
Also worked at Yahoo!278
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